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Social Justice and the Solar Industry - Starting to Address the Elephant in the Room
If states and city governments are serious about meeting their clean energy benchmarks, they must do better at reaching minority and low-income communities. States need to take action whether or not the solar industry acknowledges the elephant in the room. In the solar industry, both in jobs andin terms of installed...
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By PatPrince317 // Lifelong Learner and Green Energy Aficionado Last updated: 07/24/2019 + Show |
I was reading Data Smart by John Foreman. I read about LibreOffice as an alternative to MS Office. I am glad I stumbled on it because I just had to shell out some money for a new laptop and was really interested in playing around with data on spreadsheets! I Highly recommend reading Data Smart because it gives you a high level approach to handling...
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By PatPrince317 // Lifelong Learner and Green Energy Aficionado Last updated: 09/18/2017 + Show |
Came across this website the other day. There is all sorts of information on starting a social enterprise, which basically means a business with a focus on sustainability and social justice but ran like a for profit business. Think something like equal exchange or other fair trade businesses. They are headquartered out of Halifax NS. Originally, I...
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By PatPrince317 // Lifelong Learner and Green Energy Aficionado 1 reply Last updated: 09/06/2017 + Show |
Green Spaces Promote Safer Neighborhoods
I came across this the other day. I thought it was interesting because there is some cynicism involved with taxpayer money going into green spaces because hey think the spending on parks has a poor return on investment. The University Illinois Urbana-Champaign found that crime reduction correlated with creation of green space. The American...
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By PatPrince317 // Lifelong Learner and Green Energy Aficionado Last updated: 01/05/2017 + Show |
Next Step Living Out of Business - What does this Mean for Homeowners?
Next Step Living Out of Business - What does this Mean for Homeowners? Next Step Living announced that it would cease its operations on March 18, after running out of cash. After starting out as an energy auditing agency in 2008, the company has grown significantly, thanks to an ambitious sales team and VC funding. At one point, NSL had about...
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By PatPrince317 // Lifelong Learner and Green Energy Aficionado 2 replies Last updated: 03/26/2016 + Show |
Energy and Demand Charges on Commercial Electric Bills
Hello Everyone! As a sales rep for a renewable energy developer, I am curios to see what business owners on this site would know about their electric bills (Besides that the bill is expensive). A commercial bill is different from a residential electric bill because commercial/industrial bills have a DEMAND charge. This represents the amount of...
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By PatPrince317 // Lifelong Learner and Green Energy Aficionado Last updated: 03/13/2015 + Show |